Fragmented Rainforests Hold 40% Less Biomass

Image credit: World Resources Institute Staff /Flickr Deforestation, we know, contributes a significant amount of carbon to the atmosphere. Stopping deforestation and forest degradation is a major goal of the REDD program , to be discussed at COP15 and beyond. New research, however, based on extensive computer mod…

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Fragmented Rainforests Hold 40% Less Biomass